FULL-FIELD DEFORMATION MEASUREMENT IN POLYMERIC FOAM SPECIMENS
In this investigation, a simple experimental technique, dot-matrix deposition and mapping, was developed to study the full-field deformation in a polymeric foam specimen. One of the advantages of using this technique is that it can be easily applied to situations where large deformations are involved. The spatial resolution of the current technique is not as high as the digital image correlation method and some other optical techniques. Nevertheless, because the largest cell diameter of the polyurethane foam studied in this investigation is about 1 mm, the smallest length scale over which the polymeric foam material can be treated as a homogeneous solid would be at least several millimeters. For the element size used in the present study in the range of 2.5 x 2.5 mm, the dot-matrix deposition and mapping technique would provide enough detail about the behavior of polymeric foam materials under complicated deformation states and under complicated loading conditions. It will also provide useful information to compare with numerical simulations so that the constitutive models can be validated.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 775576
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-01-1277; TRN: AH200121%%97
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Conference title not supplied, Conference location not supplied, Conference dates not supplied; Other Information: PBD: 1 Mar 2001
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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